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Update: housing law

In the first of a two part update, Jim Shepherd and Dominic Preston consider recent Court of Appeal rulings in respect of homelessness

Children: an Islamic law perspective

Islamic law determines the best interests of a child differently from English law, says Raffia Arshad

Favourable odds for UK gamblers

Jimmy Desai

Update: planning and environment

Gregory Jones reviews developments in planning law and the way noise is considered, from the initial application to the relationship with other regimes

A silent digital witness

The ethos that “every contact leaves a trace” is as true in the digital environment as in a conventional crime scene. Ian Kennedy explains

South West: Return of the general practitioner

Law firms face a challenge from the Legal Services Act but a return to a more traditional-style private client firm offers a solution, says Jean-Yves Gilg

Passing the “ordinary residence” buck

The publication of DoH determinations provides welcome clarification for local authority lawyers but offers no incentive for councils to stop passing the accommodation buck, says Matthew Bradley

Redressing the lack of professional standards

Though a step in the right direction, the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act does not go far enough, says Frances Ratcliffe